Finding shapes around us

Now that you know the four plane shapes, let's go on a shape hunt. Once you start looking, you will see them everywhere.

In your room

Look around. Most likely you can find:

• a rectangle — your bed, the door, the screen of a tablet, a book
• a square — a window pane, a tile on the floor, a sticky note
• a circle — a clock, a plate, a cup viewed from above
• a triangle — a slice of toast cut diagonally, a music stand, a tent flap

In the kitchen

The kitchen is a shape factory:

• circles — the cookies, the pan, the lid of a jar
• rectangles — the cereal box, the cutting board, the chocolate bar
• squares — pieces of toast, slices of cheese, the kitchen tile
• triangles — a slice of pie, a piece cut off

Outdoors

Outside, hunt for:

• circles — bicycle wheels, manhole covers, the sun
• rectangles — buses, doors, license plates
• triangles — roof gables, the warning road sign, a flag corner
• squares — pavement tiles, windows on some buildings

Make a shape collage

Get a piece of paper and draw a small picture using only:

• 1 circle (the sun),
• 2 triangles (mountains),
• 3 rectangles (houses or boxes),
• 4 squares (windows).

Show it off — geometry is also art!

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